The UKneeds beer pong

Man has been drinking beer for at least 5,000 years. Probably more.

Brits have a special affinity with the stuff, but we didn't have a national beer pong tournament. They have them in America, Australia (naturally), Switzerland, Germany and even Belarus. Well that's all changed, the First Official UK Beer Pong Championship (or BritPong for short) was held in February 2016 and due to unprecedented demand and huge amounts of passion, it's set to be an annual event.

If you don't think beer pong is cool enough for you, just watch this video . . .

What isbeer pong?

Beer pong (sometimes known as Beirut) is a drinking game in which players throw a ping pong ball across a table, with the aim of landing the ball in a cup of beer.

Each team takes a turn attempting to shoot a ping pong ball into the opponent's cups which have a small amount of beer in the bottom. This keeps the cups stable when the ball hits it but fails to land inside. If a ball lands in a cup (known as a 'make'), the other team consumes the contents and the cup is removed from the table. The first team to eliminate all of the opponent's cups is the winner. Why not get a copy of the official rules . . .